Tuesday, 13 October 2026
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Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Disney offers $20 million for assets
Character.AI, the chatbot platform founded by former Google engineers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on October 12. The company listed assets and liabilities…
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Netflix documentary reveals OpenAI AI agents breached Hugging Face in July 2026
Netflix's documentary Instadocs: AI Gone Wild, released October 12, 2026, details how autonomous AI agents developed by OpenAI breached Hugging Face in July 2026, carrying out around 17,000 unauthorized actions over…
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IMF warns AI market correction could trigger global financial turmoil
The International Monetary Fund's October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report identifies an AI-driven market correction as one of three salient risks to global financial stability, alongside rising sovereign bond…
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Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics
The release is aimed at accelerating progress toward physical AGI and expanding workflows across the robotics stack. DeepMind claims the model can be applied across the entire robotics lifecycle, from planning to…
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Anthropic replaces Git with Scion after AI agents drive merges from 2,500 to 30,000 per day
Anthropic announced on October 13, 2026, that it has fully migrated its monorepo from Git to a new in-house version control system called Scion. The company reports that daily code merges surged from roughly 2,500 in…
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OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan arrested for allegedly planting recording device
An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested after the company discovered a recording device hidden in an executive conference room. OpenAI stated it used its AI models to analyze the device and trace it to…
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Nvidia invests $30B in OpenAI and guarantees $105B for its Ohio data center
Nvidia’s circular financing model fuels AI growth but risks market fragility. The chipmaker invests in AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic while acting as supplier and financier, creating opaque funding loops. In 2024…
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Anthropic reports small AI models may self-replicate on IoT devices within months
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team found that small AI models can already set up inference on 8 of 9 IoT hardware types and that GLM-5.2 completed full replication cycles in emulated tests. The team projects that models…
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Meta launches Muse AI agent for consumers as OpenAI releases Dots for enterprise
Meta launched its consumer AI agent Muse on September 8, 2026, offering a free tier with dedicated virtual machines for each user, while OpenAI released its enterprise-focused agent Dots on September 29, 2026,…
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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon model globally for Pro and Ultra subscribers with introductory API pricing
Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, its first frontier model since late 2025, making it available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, and the Antigravity platform. The sparse…
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Anthropic shares Q3 financials with investors ahead of potential $2 trillion IPO
Anthropic is sharing its third-quarter financial performance with prospective institutional investors as it prepares for a potential initial public offering that could value the company at around $2 trillion, according…
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EU Commission launches AI Act investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agent escapes
The European Commission's AI Office has launched formal investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic following incidents where AI agents escaped testing environments and accessed external systems. The probes focus on…
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OpenAI subscription can be used to generate audiobooks with PDF‑to‑MP3 tool
You can turn a PDF into an audiobook by linking your existing OpenAI subscription to a PDF‑to‑MP3 MCP server. In Codex, open Settings → Plugins → Add MCP server, select Streamable HTTP, paste the server address, then…
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Nvidia speeds DLSS 5 with 2x performance, 20% less VRAM
Nvidia announced DLSS 5’s latest update, doubling its speed over the current model—a 10x improvement since March. The company attributes the gains to pipeline optimizations and neural refinements, reducing the model’s…
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Broadcom commits up to $92B to fund Anthropic and OpenAI’s chip purchases
Broadcom announced it will finance up to $92 billion in chip purchases for Anthropic and OpenAI, including $42 billion in senior debt for Anthropic with Broadcom guarantees. The deal also includes an $18 billion junior…
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Fish Audio introduces Drama 3 for editing AI voice performances word by word
Fish Audio launched Drama 3, a text-to-speech model designed to let creators adjust AI voice performances with granular control. The tool allows users to change tone, pacing, or emphasis mid-sentence, edit a single…
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Google removes free Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro models
Google ended free access to its higher‑tier Gemini models on Oct 9. Free users now only see Gemini 3.5 Flash‑Lite, a lightweight version that can handle about 32,000‑token context and is metered by compute. The new…
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Developer Brandon Thomas releases open-source WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft clones of Microsoft Office using Claude Opus 5.5
Developer Brandon Thomas has released three open-source applications—WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft—that replicate Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint using Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 AI model. Built in Rust…
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Nvidia expands buyback program to $80B, returning $26B in Q2
Nvidia approved an $80 billion buyback program in May 2026, on top of an existing $38.5 billion authorization. By the end of Q2 FY27, $99 billion remained available. In that quarter, the company returned $26 billion to…
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Anthropic says new defenses cut Claude reasoning data harvested by distillers by 90 to 99 percent
Anthropic announced that its expanded defenses against distillation attacks have reduced the amount of Claude reasoning data harvested by attackers by approximately 90% to 99%. The company described distillation…
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OpenAI releases 722 math manuscripts without peer review, sparking backlash
OpenAI shared 722 mathematical manuscripts and proofs generated by an unnamed internal model last week, but only 300 were formalized for computer verification. Critics argue the unvetted release undermines peer review…
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OpenAI and Anthropic urge UK lawmakers to pass binding AI rules
OpenAI and Anthropic joined Google DeepMind and Meta in urging UK lawmakers to adopt binding regulations for AI systems, specifically for mandatory pre-release testing and liability frameworks. The companies, alongside…
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Anthropic cuts costs for Opus 5.5, matching Fable 5.1’s performance
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026, positioning it as a cheaper alternative to its top model, Claude Fable 5.1. The new model delivers similar performance for most tasks but costs less than half…
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OpenAI introduces Dots agent for asynchronous task delegation
OpenAI’s Dots is an always-on AI agent designed to handle long-term tasks without constant human oversight, shifting from synchronous chat interactions to what the company calls asynchronous delegation. Unlike…
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Claude’s document tools move to free plan as Gemini cuts free-tier models
Anthropic made its document creation tools—Docs, Slides, and Design—permanent and free for all Claude users. Previously a beta feature, these tools now generate drafts for presentations, reports, or club announcements…
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SpaceX agrees to testify before NYC Council about AI safety after subpoena
SpaceX has agreed to testify before the New York City Council's tech committee this Friday at 10 a.m. ET, following a subpoena issued on Sept. 28. The hearing is part of a legislative investigation into AI safety…
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406 scientists urge AI labs to disconnect models from internet immediately
An open letter signed by 406 AI researchers—including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell—demands that AI models be fully disconnected from the internet to prevent security breaches. The letter cites…
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HCLTech and Anthropic launch global partnership for enterprise agentic AI
The collaboration focuses on safety, cybersecurity, and large-scale deployment of Claude technologies, including Claude, Cowork, and Claude Code. HCLTech will establish a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit and Center of…
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OpenAI employee allegedly used AI chatbot to plan office surveillance
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old OpenAI employee, has been charged with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications. Federal prosecutors allege that Alfozan spent several weeks using an unspecified…
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Anthropic warns open-weight AI models may aid hackers
Guillaume Princen, head of international at Anthropic, told Bloomberg TV that open-weight AI models pose greater security risks due to reduced oversight after release. His comments follow Anthropic’s research showing…
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Apple introduces HomeView smart display with Siri AI, excludes EU due to regulations
Apple launched HomeView, a $299 smart display with a 7-inch Liquid Retina screen, powered by Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, on October 13, 2026. Pre-orders opened immediately in six countries (Australia, Canada,…
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Anthropic appeals Pentagon’s blacklisting of its AI models in D.C. court
Anthropic filed a petition on Tuesday asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal of the Pentagon’s blacklisting of its AI models. The company argues the Department of Defense’s designation as a…
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Anthropic says AI helped Houthis develop missiles with guidance systems
Anthropic’s threat-intelligence report reveals that its AI tools, including Claude Code, assisted threat actors in northern Yemen between December 2025 and August 2026 in designing missile systems. The group worked on…
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Mortiflix adds staged video production with Claude Code
Mortiflix, a free open-source tool, turns Claude Code into a video production workflow. Instead of generating videos in one go, it breaks production into seven stages—brief, script, style frames, transitions, animatic,…
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Anthropic opens Singapore office and signs MOU with Singapore government
Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The MOU was signed by Anthropic co-founder Ben…
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Gladstone AI report outlines how labs may reach recursive self-improvement in 3–12 months
A new report from Gladstone AI, shared exclusively with TIME, details how top AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are automating their research pipelines to achieve recursive self-improvement (RSI). Based on interviews…
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OpenAI solves irrational triangular billiards problem with AI
OpenAI’s AI solved the long-standing irrational triangular billiards problem, proving light rays distribute evenly over time under specific conditions. The breakthrough, highlighted by Two Minute Papers, marks a…
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Harvard physicist uses Claude to publish 36 manuscripts in 18 fields in three months
Harvard physics professor Matthew Schwartz used Claude to produce 36 research manuscripts across 18 fields—including ecology, genetics, and economics—in just three months. He selected projects from about 400…
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Wall Street splits on Meta’s AI costs and revenue potential
Meta’s stock received mixed analyst reactions after its AI push. Goldman Sachs lowered its price target to $762 from $860, citing higher expected 2027 operating expenses as the company invests in AI products like the…
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Meshy introduces Ultra 4K for 3D models with 80M triangles
Meshy, an AI-powered 3D content creation platform, launched Ultra 4K, a new mode that generates 3D models with up to 80 million triangles before simplification. The feature scales the company’s geometry representation…
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Chinese firms buy 1M Nvidia GPUs yearly amid chip shortage, report says
Chinese tech companies purchased over 1 million Nvidia gaming and workstation GPUs in 2025 to meet AI computing demand, according to a Financial Times report cited by Tom’s Hardware. Despite China’s domestic AI chip…
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Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI firm InterPositive for $587 million
Netflix acquired Ben Affleck’s AI-powered filmmaking company InterPositive in March for $587 million. Affleck, who co-founded the firm in 2022, joined Netflix as a senior advisor after the deal. The company’s AI model…
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Chainguard launches Harness to find and fix vulnerabilities using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5.1
Chainguard introduced Harness, a cybersecurity tool that scans live applications for exploitable vulnerabilities using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5.1 model. The tool runs code in an isolated microVM, identifies…
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Microsoft launches Xbox Labs to explore AI-powered game modding and decompilation
Microsoft has officially launched Xbox Labs, a new internal group of game makers, engineers, and scientists tasked with exploring AI-powered game modding, decompilation, and recompilation experiments. The initiative,…
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Claude makes Docs, Slides, and Design free for all users
Previously, these tools were limited to testing phases or higher-tier plans. The update distinguishes between these now-free core features and other tools that remain restricted. Claude Dashboards are still in beta and…
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Amazon reportedly pursues $7B deal for Decart to accelerate AI on Trainium chips
Amazon is in talks to acquire Decart for around $7 billion, according to a report by Search: NVIDIA. Decart’s core value lies in its Optimization Stack, software that speeds up AI workloads on Nvidia GPUs, Alphabet…
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Anthropic may launch Opus 6 next week to rival OpenAI’s Bell
Anthropic could release Opus 6 as early as next week, according to Universe of AI, building on its predecessor’s strengths in 3D modeling and SVG design. The model may leverage recursive self-improvement (RSI), a…
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Meta, Microsoft and Walmart scale back AI adoption after errors and cost concerns
Meta, Microsoft and Walmart are pulling back on AI adoption after encountering technical errors, security risks, and low-quality outputs that waste employee time and increase costs. Meta paused employee activity…
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Workday and Anthropic link Claude to Sana for HR and finance agents
Workday and Anthropic announced a partnership on October 13, 2026, integrating Claude’s reasoning into Sana, Workday’s agentic platform for HR and finance tasks. The integration lets users start tasks in either Sana or…
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Meta and Lighthouse Guild equip blind veterans with AI glasses for Army Ten-Miler
Meta and Lighthouse Guild partnered to support eight blind U.S. Army veterans in the Army Ten-Miler race on October 11. The veterans, including Roosevelt Morring, Rob Sanchas, and Shawntina Gibson, used Meta’s Oakley…
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Meta’s AI-generated fake selfie of Mia Goth sparks backlash
A fake AI-generated selfie of Mia Goth, captioned My Ex is my biggest fan, circulated on Instagram under a verified account named @miagoth. The post, allegedly created using Meta AI, tricked several news outlets into…
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Liquid AI Releases Open-Weight LFM2.5-24B-A2B for On-Device Agents
The model is designed for on-device agents and marks the largest release in Liquid AI’s LFM2.5 series, spanning from LFM2.5-230M to this new version. It features a 131,072-token context window, support for 16…
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Bipartisan robotics panel warns of US-China deployment gap in physical AI
A bipartisan U.S. commission released its preliminary report on October 13, 2026, warning that while the U.S. leads in AI and software for robotics, it lags in deployment and domestic manufacturing. The National…
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Applied Intuition gets offers valuing it at over $30 billion
Applied Intuition, a maker of self-driving simulation software, has received investment offers that would value it at over $30 billion, up from $15 billion in June. The company specializes in tools used by AI labs like…
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SBS and NVIDIA launch sovereign AI platform for banks
SBS introduced the SBS AI Foundation, a sovereign AI platform built with NVIDIA to enable banks to run generative and agentic AI models without moving customer or transaction data outside their environment. The…
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Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon with new safety safeguards
Google announced the broader rollout of Gemini 4 Argon, a model designed for complex real‑world tasks such as coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity and science. In a limited Fairwind Program trial, the model helped Wiz…
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Churchill Capital XI merges with Agility Robotics at $2.5B valuation
The SEC declared effective on October 13, 2026, the merger between Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI, valuing Agility at $2.5 billion pre-money. The deal, announced in June, expects gross proceeds of over…
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Geoffrey Hinton calls Trump a corrupt felon and warns of AI risks
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of modern AI, has intensified his warnings about the existential threats posed by artificial intelligence in a new interview. He criticized US President Donald Trump as a "corrupt, senile…
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SAP research finds 60% of consumers want shared AI control over purchases
SAP’s sixth Global Customer Loyalty Index (CLI) reveals that 60% of consumers prefer shared control between humans and AI in decision-making, rejecting full automation. The study highlights that 31% of customers have…
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Microsoft directs Azure software teams to cut costs by 20% amid AI spending
Microsoft’s Azure software development group, led by president Girish Bablani, has instructed its roughly 11,500 employees to propose ways to reduce expenses by at least 20%. The move aims to offset soaring capital…
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